Relation of birth weight and childhood respiratory infection to adult lung function and death from chronic obstructive airways disease.

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Summary

Lower birth weight was associated with worse adult lung function and death from chronic obstructive airways disease in adult life, and promoting lung growth in fetuses and infants and reducing the incidence of lower respiratory tract infection in infancy may reduce the incidence in the next generation.

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Published
1991-09-21
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Keywords

Medicine, Vital capacity, Birth weight, Chronic bronchitis, Odds ratio

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